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New BCGA guidance outlines the dangers posed by laughing gas – News-Medical.Net
National trade body, British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA), has produced new guidance outlining the dangers posed by abuse of nitrous oxide.
National trade body, British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA), has produced new guidance outlining the dangers posed by abuse of nitrous oxide.
The guide underpins BCGA’s call for a ban on retail sales of the gas, which would make it available only those purchasing it for legitimate use in medicine, dentistry, or industries such as catering.
Also known as laughing gas, nitrous oxide has become the second most commonly used substance among 16 to 24-year-olds in England.
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